Window-shade adjuster.



H. M. SCHLOSS.

WINDOW SHADE ADJUSTER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 7, 1911.

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H.M. SCHLOSS.

WINDOW SHADE ADJUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED MA1?, 1911.

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HARRY M. SCHLOSS, OF NEW YORK, 1\T. Y.

WINDOW-SHADE ADJUSTER.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARRY M. SoHLoss, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindow-Shade Adjusters, of which the following is a specification.

This device is of the general character wherein a window shade may be adjustably secured to a convenient part of the casing, and by the aid of this device and in such a manner that the whole shade including the roller may be raised or lowered for the purpose of ventilation, or for the purpose of increasing or diminishing the light which comes through any portion of the window.

I have endeavored in this device to construct an adjuster, which, while being more decorative than other devices of a like nature, is at the same time simpler and cheaper in its construction. Formed almost entirely of sheet metal, the work may be done for the most part, by piercing and shaping dies, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture to a minimum.

Further objects of this invention are to produce a spring operated device wherein the spring is inclosed by a casing a portion of which casing is free to move longitudinally in relation to another part, in this way the spring is kept constantly covered and there are no projecting rods or levers the displacement of which would make the device inoperative.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out this invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 shows the device secured to a window, it is in side elevation. Fig. 2 on a larger scale, shows in perspective, one of the sliding members. Fig. 3 on the same scale as Fig. 2, shows the stationary member, in which the sliding member shown in- Fig. 2 is slidable. Fig. 4 is an elevation, it shows the device secured to a window, and the shade lowered. Figs. 5 and 6 show parts detached. Fig. 7 is a central longitudinal section of Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Application led March 7, 1911.

Patented Jan. I4, 119113.

Serial No. 612,871.

one complete bracket. Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8 8 in Fig. 7

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 1, I have shown a window casing, and at 2 and 3 the sash slidable therein, the casing and sash are of the ordinary construction and are free to perform their ordinary and well understood functions. Secured to the casing, one on each side is a channel member 4, having formed in its outwardly projecting sides, a plurality of ways 5 and 6. The depth of the channel member' may be varied though I prefer that it be shallow and of only sufficient depth to allow of an adjustment that will be described later. Inwardly projecting lips 7 and 8, which serve as guides for a member to be slidably engaged in the ways 5 and 6 complete the ways. At the upper end of the members 7 and 8, and through the rear wall of the ways 5 and 6, a hole is produced and a screw 9 passed through each of these holes serve to make the structure more rigid `in addition to acting as stops for the member which is to slide in the ways.

At the top of the channel member 4 a wing is produced, and a plurality of holes in this wing receive the screws l0. A similar wing is produced in the bottom of the channel, and a similar pair of screws through the wing at the bottom of the channel serve with the screws 10 to secure the channel member firmly in position.

Near the bottom of the channel member, and formed by a part of the back wall of the channel which has been cut on three sides and forced out, I have produced the lug 12, having a centrally bored hole 18, and in one of the projecting sides of the channel I have produced 4one or more series of oblong perforations 50.

The member, which is slida-ble in the ways 5 and 6 is indicated by 14 and is shown in det-ail in Fig. 2. It is oblong, though of box section and has two projecting flanges 15 and 16, adjacent to the inner, the open side. The lower end of the member 14 is also open though in operation it is almost completely closed by the lug' 12 of the member l, the upper end is permanently closed by the plate 1'?, which may be formed integral ith. the :trent of the member.` and formed integral with the plate l? is the upwardly projecting member i8, the upper part ci which is ot the ordinary construction. fi hole 19 produced in the bracket member 18 near its unctien with the plate 127 is for a purpose that will appear later.

ln the trent side of the member fr, l have produced an aperture 2O by cutting on three sides a certain small section, and then torcino; the section inward to produce the centrally bored lugaT 2l. tnto the hole in the lua' 2l l. insert the rod 22 and secure it therein by means ot' the nut Q3, the hole in the lua' 2l and the hole 1.3 of the lue' l2 should be in line, for the rod 22 must pass through the hole 13 and reciprocate freely 'therein0 il. sinrino,x 2i, on the rod 22 and resting; on the lugs 2l and l2 urges these lugs and the members which they are termed reliably apart, causing1 the slidable member lz-; to assume a normal position with its 'Hannes l5 and l@ in contact with the screws .et button arranged adjacent to the lua' 2l, and secured by the means that seciu'es the rod 22 within the lug', has hole produced in its outwardly extending' end and a cord secured in this hole serves as a means for depressing,` the member lll.

lllithin 'the member It l have secured a spring` member Q6, which has an outwardly turned projection tree for engagement with any one oit the rectangular perforations 50. A. cord secured to the member 26 passes through the hole 2S, hie'h up in the side ot the member let, the cord is indicated at 27 and terminates in the ball 29.

ris betere indicated. lt use two of the members Liand let and the parts adjacent thereto, and ll place one of these members at each side o1 a window, or at each end of a window shade. ri rod 30, one end oit which lits into the hole 19 connects the two sets of members together' and a union at mid-length the rod Si) may adjust the length of the rod, and thus the distance between the brackets i8 to any practical extent. lt is obvious that the rod 30 is in two parts to obtain this adjustment.

I hat both of the slidable members l-lmay be depressed to an equal degree, l may secure a chain to the union 3l and lower' the shade roller by drawing; down on the chain. ln so doing1 the spring' members 2G will be iree to engage one oi" the perforations 50 in 'the channels it, and when the shade roller is depressed to the desired extent, releasing' the pull on the chain will allow the spring` members to secure the member let in position. To restore the shade roller to its uppermost position it is only necessary to pull the cords 27, and thus release the spring members 2G when the sjiirina's 2-1- will torce the member ld upward until the cords 27 are released.

ltloditications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacricing the advantages ot this invention. rlhe bar 30 may be omitted, and the members idf operated independent of each other. t member of another shape may be used in place of the spring' member 26.

Having; carefully and fully described my invention what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. in a window shade adjuster, a stationary channel member, a second channel member slidable in said stationary member, and means within said slidable member for ure;- ing' an upward reciprocation of said reciprocating' member as specified.

2. ln a window shade adjuster, a stationary deep channel member, provided with a series ot oblong; pei'torations, and a plurality ot ways formed in its upwardly projectine1 sides, a second member having),` outwardly extending flanges operable in said ways and a spring operated extension, arranged for engagement with any one of the series of pei-iterations, and means :tor disengaging said spring' operated member at will.

3. ln a device ot the character described, a stationary channel member having; a plurality oi ways formed integral therewith and. in the upwardly exendino; sides thereof, and extending` longitudinally, an inwardly projecting` lun; also formed integral with said member though near one end thereof, a second member having a plurality ot flanges operable in said ways, and an inwardly projecting' lufg1 formed integral with said member, a rod secured in said lue; and free to reciprocate through said first named. lug', and al spring' arranged about said rod and between said two lugs as speciiied.

et. ln a device of the character described, a stationary channel member having' a plurality of' ways termed integral therewith, and in the upwardly extending' sides thereot7 an inwardly projecting' lue; also formed integral with said member though near one end thereof, a second channel member havina' a plurality ot ilane'es formed upon the upwardly extending' sides thereof and operable in said ways, and an inwardly projectine; lug formed integral with said member, a rod secured in said lue' and tree to reciprocate through said irst named lug', a spring' arranged. about said rod and between said two lugs, and a projecting' button arranged adjacent to one ot said lugs for depressing said spring' as specified.

5. ln a window shade adjuster, a plurality of stationary channel members, a plu- Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 3 rality of movable channel members in slidday of March, 1911, in the presence of two l0 able relation with said stationary members, witnesses. upwardly eXtending brackets formed inte- 5 gral with said reciprocating members, and a rod connecting' said brackets and having Witnesses: means for Varying,` the distance between said Gr. E. STERRITTE, brackets as specified. S. H. STODDER.

H. M. SCHLOSS.

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